Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Economics,
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Cotton, Water, Sustainability,
When It Comes to Cotton Production, Sustainability Is in the Water
Through new technologies, data collection and third-party verification, brands and retailers now have the critical assurances they need to show that the cotton fiber in their supply chain is more sustainably grown, with lower environmental and social risk.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Global Specialty Food, Food Security/Shortage,
Without Access to Ukrainian Sunflower Oil, Iceland Foods Forced to Put Practicality Over Sustainability
Thanks to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the British grocery chain has been cut off from its supply of sunflower oil; the company says it must temporarily revert to using palm oil, which it eliminated from its products in 2018.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage, USDA, Government / Policies,
USDA encourages enrollment of grassland into working land conservation
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program enrollment is open from April 4 to May 13.
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Topics: Pesticides, Environment,
Commentary: Environment International reviews health risks of human exposure to neonics Researchers from China's Sun Yat-sen University summarize analytical methods of neonics in human samples, their internal exposure levels and composition profiles in urine, blood, hair, breast milk, saliva and tooth samples with global comparisons, and daily neonic exposure dose and relative health risks, conclude toxicity of both neonics and their metabolites warrant further investigation
Human exposure to neonicotinoids and the associated health risks: A review
Neonicotinoids (NEOs) are a class of broad-spectrum insecticides dominant in the global market. They were distributed extensively in the environment a…
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USDA Predicts That Food Price Increases Are About To Get Worse
Your grocery store bills may have been higher recently — and the United States Department of Agriculture anticipates that food prices will continue to rise this year. The Economic Research Service of the EPA issued its Food Price Outlook for 2022, which indicated that food costs in the United States increased 7.9 percent between February […]
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US approves bison grazing on Montana prairie amid criticism
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on Wednesday announced approval of a conservation group's proposal to expand bison grazing on prairies in north-central Montana as part of a vast nature reserve over objections from some ranchers and elected officials.
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